Re: LLUCE vs. METAL: A losing battle

[damin@wariat.org (Greg Boehnlein)]

As quoted from <0kJ6XB1w165w@cybernet.cse.fau.edu> by gberigan@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (Greg Berigan):

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> damin@ullman.cba.csuohio.edu (Greg Boehnlein) writes:
> 
> > Let me just say, that the ACOS based Networks can learn a lot from how the
> > FutureNet operates. A lot. Flame me as you must, but FutureNet is, without
> > any doubts, THE single most sophisticated, powerful, yet easy to use 
> > networking platforms available on the Apple II series. Josh has done an 
> > absolutely marvelous job with the FV 5.0 implementation of it. 
> 
> Oh great, FV 5.0.  Looks like another LD call is in order.  Say, has 
> there been a change in the code that allows users to disable hot keys 
> yet?  I'm getting tired of recoding the whole system to use bit(57) as a 
> hot-key flag every time there is an upgrade.

I don't know. Haven't looked into that. I am writing the E-mail gateway for
Internet. It's a chore and a half making sure that we can parse according to
the RFC-822 standards. Lexical analysis under METAL! :) Now THAT is kinda cool
really. :) I'm adding support for folded header lines, multiple destination
addresses and everything else that I can comprehend from the RFC.

FutureNet will be 100% addressable from Internet. And, other non-futurenet
networks will be supported as well. This means that anyone that wants to take
the time to convert between our mail format and theirs can have Internet
E-mail services free of charge. 

Back to your question. I'm not sure, but Josh is. Josh, can you answer this
one? :) 
  
> Excuse me while I dream of a non-anonymous FTP site from which I could 
> grab upgrades.  Customized FTP to include the owner-stamping of course.

I don't think METAL will be on an FTP site, but I have thought about starting
a FutureVision FTP site that will contain the entire FV source code etc..
Also, we could have the "Upgrades" directory where we could place all of our
K00l Rad Modz man...(NOT!)

> And pardon how this message turns out.  I'm still learning this thing, 
> while looking for a machine that has a configurable nn interface.

Welp, I WAS waiting for Josh to get me the updated FutureNet docs, but I'm
going to go ahead and post them anyways. Next few posts...Check 'em out! :)